Clothes hanger



Nov. 14, 195o G. ROMAN 2,530,201

CLOTHES HANGER Filed Dec. 8, 1947 Tui G50/2Q@ HOM/QN ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 14, 1950 f if' 2,530,207

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEy CLOTHES HANGER George Roman, New York, Y.

Application December 8, 1947, Serial N0. 790,385

This invention relates to clothes hangers, and more` particularly to hangers for trousers or like garments.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a hanger on which a user may quickly and conveniently suspend trousers, for instance, in inverted disposition, without requiring the users fingers which may sol-ely be occupied with the task of holding the leg ends of the trousers neatly superposed for their suspension onv the hanger in an orderly fashion.

Itris another object of .the present invention to provide a hanger of this type which is extremely simple in construction, eicient in its use, and suitable for low cost mass Iproduction.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood from the following description considered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of a hanger embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the hanger in mounted position; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are sections taken onthe lines 3 3 of Fig. 2 and 4 4 of Fig. l, respectively,

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral I designates a hanger which comprises essentially two complementary members I2 and I4 that are hingedly connected in a manner hereinafter described. The member I2 may be made from fairly strong sheet metal and formed into the shape shown in Fig. 2, to provide a rearwardly offset portion I6 which is mountable on a wall or other upright support I8 by means of screws 2G, for instance, and a depending forward section 22 which is adapted to cooperate with member I4 for the suspension therebetween of trousers or like garments in a manner hereinafter described. The intermediate section 24 of member I2 serves to space the forward section 22 thereof from the wall or support I8. Member I4 is in the form of a plate which, like member I2, may be made of fairly strong sheet metal. Preferably, both members I2 and I4 are rust-proofed in any suitable way to permit the use of the instant hanger as a drier for wet trousers or like garments, if so desired.

The members I2 and I4 have suitably secured thereto, as by rivets 26, for instance, complementary hinge .parts 28, respectively, through which extends a hinge pin 30 that is held against axial removal by cotter pins 32, or the like. Member I4 is normally urged into engagement with the forward section 22 of member I2 by ator-sion spring 34 which surrounds the hinge pin 32 and has its opposite ends 36 suitably anchored on the hinge Iparts 28, respectively, in the fashion shownin Figs. 2 and 3.

It will be noted in Figs. l, 2 and 4. that mem-fA ber I4 depends at 40 considerably below the der' pending section 22 of member I2, and this depending portion 40 serves as a momentary back,

and neatly folds them with their legs. Lsuperf` posed in the conventional orderly fashion. This task is most conveniently accomplished if the user employs the fingers of both hands in the well known manner. While thus holding the orderly arranged legs of the trousers in suspended fashion with the fingers at the overlapped leg ends thereof, the user forces these overlapped leg ends against the back rest portion 40 of member' I4 and thereby depresses the same into the lposition shown in Fig. 4, whereupon the user slides the overlapped leg ends of the trousers upwardly on member I 4 into the position shown in Fig. 4, all Without relinquishing the fingers grasp on the trousers. Once the superposed leg ends of the trousers are in place as shown in Fig.

4, they are released by the user and will remain clamped between the depending forward section 22 of member I2 and the member I4 by the spring-closing action of the latter, as will be readily understood. To remove the trousers, it is merely necessary to grasp the overlapped leg ends thereof beyond the opposite sides of the hanger and slide them downwardly from between section 22 land member I4 while depressing the latter slightly, l

The instant hanger is noteworthy for its extreme structural simplicity.` Thus, the several parts thereof may, with the exception of the torsion spring 34, be punched from sheet-metal stock and formed into the required shapes by simple cutting and forming dies, without requiring any machining thereafter. The punched and formed parts of the hanger may readily be assembled by the simple expediency of riveting the hinge parts 28 to the members I2 and I4, respectively, and completing the assembly by applying the hinge pin 32 and torsion spring 34.

Despite its great structural simplicity, the instant hanger is efficient and extremely convenient in its use. Thus, the described suspension of orderly arranged trousers on the hanger Without compelling the user to relinquish his or her hold on the trousers is unusually convenient and highly appreciated by anyone who has had previous experience with suspending trousers on conventional hangers requiring some iinger manipulation for the application thereto of the trousers.

If the hanger l0 is primarily intended for trousers with or without French cuffs, the lower portion of the depending section 22 of member l2 is preferably centrally outwardly curved as at 50, so that the section 22 substantially clears, or does not excessively clamp, the middle portion of the superposed leg ends of the trousers where the conventional side seams of the trouser legs add to the thickness of the rest of the superposed trouser legs.

Having thus described my invention., what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger, comprising cooperating jaws hingedly connected at adjacent ends thereof substantially flat portion of a plate of which an y extension from said portion is offset relative to the latter.

2. A garment hanger, comprising a cross-sectionally Z-shaped rst plate having substantially Cil parallel spaced leg portions and a connecting portion between said leg portions, one of said leg portions serving to mount said plate on an upright support, and another plate between said leg portions hingedly connected at one end with said other leg portion and being normally springclosed against the latter and adapted to cooperate therewith to clamp a garment therebetween, said other plate having an extension beyond the end of said other leg portion which is depressible for the placement of a garment in, or its removal from, clamping relation with said other plate and other leg portion.

GEORGE ROMAN.

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